Publications by authors named "Damia Leal Vendramini"

One of the biggest challenges in treating leprosy is the control of reaction events. Patients with lepromatous leprosy may present reaction type II, or erythema nodosum leprosum, during treatment, and this reaction can remain in a recurrent form after being released from the hospital, requiring the use of thalidomide and/or prednisone for long periods of time, in turn increasing the risk of side effects. Two reports of the use of antiTNF to treat erythema nodosum leprosum were found in the literature.

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Livedo reticularis is a spastic-anatomical condition of the small vessels which translates morphologically by a reticular pattern, interspersing cyanosis, pallor and erythema. The same can be congenital or acquired. Among the acquired, we highlight the physiological livedo reticularis and the idiopathic livedo by vasospasm; the latter configures the most common cause.

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Background: Surgical resection is the mainstay of treatment for colorectal cancer with curative intent.

Aim: To evaluate the postoperative results of laparoscopic and laparotomic colorectal resections for colorectal cancer.

Methods: A retrospective study of a series of 189 patients.

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